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Richard Welling is traveling across Russia after a tour of the Philippines. He encourages President Roosevelt to appoint a consul for Newchwang (Yingkou) as it appears that Consul Miller will not be returning. A consul is needed to deter the Russians from sending troops under the pretense of quelling disorder.
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1902-09-14
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses several newspaper articles and congratulates President Roosevelt on his political positioning against Senator Platt and William Jennings Bryan. He supports George B. Cortelyou’s appointment as Secretary for the new Department of Commerce and Labor.
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1902-09-15
Martha Baker Dunn thanks President Roosevelt for the letter and shares her thoughts concerning Robert Browning and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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1902-09-15
John Mitchell, President of the United Mine Workers of America, is afraid that the anthracite miners cannot resume their work with hopes of a future adjustment. Mitchell wants a conference where a settlement can be mutually determined.
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1902-09-15
Senator Pritchard is ill but hopes to attend and address the Alabama Republican State Convention. He believes that Republicans can make substantial gains in Alabama and the South.
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1902-09-15
Booker T. Washington expresses his concerns over the lack of voting rights for African Americans in the South. He places the blame on Democrats and “lily white” Republicans.
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1902-09-15
James Sullivan Clarkson supports the removal of United States District Attorney Vaughan and believes that Judge Jones’s support for Vaughan is partisan.
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1902-09-16
President Day of Syracuse University regrets that a local newspaper’s reports of President Roosevelt’s Sunday speech as “a day of fun” and a “little sermon” have been widely circulated. He vows to try to correct them in his circle of acquaintances.
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1902-09-16
Attorney General Davies wants to know if Postmaster Nelson E. Ransom can also serve on the New York Republican State Committee. He hopes to be the Republican nominee for justice of the New York Supreme Court.
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1902-09-16
G.P. Putnam & Sons encloses acceptances that were returned in error. They will need President Roosevelt’s signature for deposit.
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1902-09-16
Commissioner Williams sends further information regarding the seizure of boxes belonging to Edward F. McSweeney, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration.
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1902-09-17
Elbert F. Baldwin will not be able to eat lunch with President Roosevelt. He hopes to show Roosevelt the Cincinnati speech galley proofs for publication in The Outlook.
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1902-09-17
Joseph Bucklin Bishop will be unavailable tomorrow and encloses some articles that may interest President Roosevelt.
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1902-09-17
There has been a newspaper report that Kermit Roosevelt will be attending Cloyne House School. Oliver W. Huntington believes that a telegram to Endicott Peabody may have given rise to the newspaper report.
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1902-09-17
Kaskel & Kaskel is returning the sample shooting stocking to President Roosevelt by mail today.
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1902-09-17
William Caruthers requests the return of the papers he sent to President Roosevelt.
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1902-09-18
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock encloses census data concerning Oklahoma and the Indian Territory that President Roosevelt can use in his upcoming speech to businessmen in St. Louis, Missouri. Hitchcock suggests that Roosevelt mention the increased manufacturing in the St. Louis area and call out their friend Adolphus Busch.
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1902-09-18
Jeremiah Whipple Jenks offers his opinion concerning trust legislation, the tariff question, and Cuban reciprocity.
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1902-09-18
Assistant Secretary of State Adee requests instructions for obtaining the oath from Edward S. Bragg, Consul General at Havana, and William A. Rublee, Consul General at Hong Kong. Bragg and Rublee are exchanging diplomatic posts. The normal procedure would be to mail the oath to each, but given their locations, doing so would take several months. Adee asks whether telegrams might be used in this instance.
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1902-09-19
Edward Henry Harriman will be in New York next week and at President Roosevelt’s disposal.
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1902-09-19